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Our olrl friend, Napoleon B. Rucker, of Crnhnpple, Cobb county, hn* become a larffp leaguer. Drafted by Connie Sf ac k lie gosh nil hemlock nnd l»y cracky. Will take a fling nt hi* Napoleouic ri- vnl, I-aJole. next year, maybe. With careful handling, such nu Connie Mack can give, Nay ought, lu time, make a atar pitcher. Shreveport. Ln., Aug. 28.—The sec ond game of the last series with the Pirates began L:t* afternoon with clear and pleasant wealher. The game went this way: First Inning. Winters filed out. Crozler ditto. Smith grounded otc. No hit*; no rune. Evans fanned Kennedy Hied out. Abstein out. pitcher to first. No hits; no runt. Serond Inning. Fox out, ptteber lo first. Hoffman fanned. Jordan tripled. Archer fanned. One hit: no runs Byrne grounded to short; on Smith’s error took second Dnley bunted to thin! nnd heat It out Byrne on third. Byrne was hurt sliding into third and Frit* ran for hint. Daley stole second. XCIng out, second to firs*. Hess filed out to right* Byrne double lout at the plate. One hit; no runs. Third Inning. Evers fanned. Zeller popped out to short. Winters wns hit: walked. Cro sier filed out. No Hits? no runs. Grafflus hit past short for one bug. Vlsher popped out Evans filed out to left. Kenedy fanned. One hit: no tuns. p'oujth Inning. Smith singled to center. Fox ground ed to pitcher nnd Smith out nt second. Hoffman fouled out. Jordan popped out. One hit; no runs. Absteln filet) out to right. Byrne opt third to first. Daley grounded to short nnd bent It out King llled out. One hit; no runs. Fifth Inning. Archer out, pitcher to Hrst. Evers out, third to first. Zeller fanned. No hits; no runs. Hess out. second to flrst. Orafflus out. pitcher to flrst. FlHher filed out to tenter field. No hits? no runt. Sixth Inning. Winters doubled. Croxler fanned. Smith singled: Winters scored. Fox popped out. Hoffmnn tripled, and Smith scored. Jordan fanned. Threo hits; two runs. Evans filed out. Kennedy fouled out. Absteln fouled out. No hits; no runs. Seventh Inning.. Archer popped out. Evers singled. Zeller hit to plnte nnd out nt second. Winters singled; Evers scored, and Winters went to second. Croxler lined out. Two hits; one run. Byrne fanned, Daley singled. King out, second to flrst. Dnley on second. Hess fouled out. Ono hit; no runs. Eighth Inning. Smith out. short to flrst. Fox ditto. Hoffman filed out. No hits; no runs. Orafflus Hied out. Fisher fanned. Et an* out, second to first. No hits; r runs. Ninth Inning. Jordan out, second to flrst. Archer singled to right. Evers filed out to left Zeller grounded to first and out. Ono hit: no runs. • Kennedy singled to center. Absteln grounded to second; Kenedy out at second. Byrne grounded to pitcher, nnd the game was over with double ploy. Ono hit; no runs. Second Game—\ (Philadelphia 000 101 0— 2 8 0 Pittsburg 000 000 0— 0 4 0 Butteries: Richie and Dooln; Lynch and Gibson. Called by agreement. Atlanta. AB. R. II. PO. A. E. tVlnlern, rf. . . 3 1 2 2 1 ft Crosier, If. . . 4 0 ft 4 ft 0 Smith, ss. .. . 4 1 2 2 ft 1 Fox, lb . 4 0 ft 9 ft 0 Hoffman, 3b. . 4 0 1 1 ft Jordan, 2b. .. . 4 0 6 0 Archer, c*. .. . 4 ft 1 7 ft ft Evers, cf. ... . 4 1 1 2 ft ft Zeller, p. ... . 4 0 0 0 3 ft Totals . 35 3 8 27 11 1 Shreveport. AB. R. II. PO. A. E. Evans. 2b. . . 4 ft ft 1 • 0 Kennedy, rf. . 3 0 1 ft 0 Absteln. Jb. . . . 3 0 V . 3 0 0 (1 1 alley. If . 3 ft 3 t ft <1 Kill*, rf . 3 0 ft 1 o ft Hess. 3b . 3 0 ft l ft Orafflus. c. .. . 3 0 } 7 Fisher, p . 3 ft 0 0 0 Totals . 28 0 5 27 8 ft Summery. Bit - Winters. Three-base Hoffman. Double plays - Archer, Zeller, Jordan to Fox Struck out - By Zeller 4, by Fish er f. lilt by pitched ball— WTnlera. fctolen base—Daley. Umpire-Ffcn- nlnger. Wl’iicrs OTHER GAMES. A'l MEVtrilM- Mrmoin* 0C0 090 Hi **J Z Hirnvi*|p am ... 11® MO 00* —2 * Hoc** nnd Owens: Clark nnd tinnrl Umpire.* -Shunter nnd 1'fvunlDgvr, AT NIDV ORLEANS— New Orleans....000 103 (2\ *-4 6 Nashville 010 000 000 -1 5 Ones.* nnd Itapp; lluclisrnn and Wei Umpire- ' inap.ni. at little iiock- 1*111.V *.. . . 010 000 0 -1 2 Moci^umeo 120 011 0 —5 4 Brel teas tell* and *-*W*!ncott. MnUrkey gee* In the l**x try In txe fourth inning LATONIA. Lntonln. Ky., Augunt 28.—The races her** this afternoon resulted as follows: FIRST RACE—Athens. 7 to 2, won; Sand Batn, 1' to 1, second; Kara Palu mu. 8 to !, third. SECOND HA CE— Frank Jlcaher, 2 to 1, non; Demo 5 to 2, second; Bottles, 7 to l. third. THIRD RACE- - Sorrell Top. 2 to 1, won: Inspector Girl*.'ever, second; Elude, even, third. FOURTH RACK—John English, 9 to 5. won; Miss Doyle, 3 to 6, second; Mlltladcs, out, third. FIFTH R.\ce - Warner Griswold. 9 to 10, won; yfanridu, I to 5, second; Marmorenn, 1 to 2, third. SIXTH HACK—Red Coat, 15 to 1, won; Loretta H„ 5 to 1. second; Sher- III, 3 to 2, third. windSor. Windsor, Ont., August 28.- Here are the results of the races here today: FIRST RACE—Miss Leeds. 4 to 1, won; Birmingham, 5 fo I, second; Don Fonso, even, third. Time 1:29 4-5. SECOND HACK—Star Glow, 3 to 1, won; Charlie Ward, 2 to 5, second; Borneo, 6 to 1, third. Time 1:03. THIRD RACE—Bank Holiday. 9 to 2, wiyi; Lulu Young, 4 to 5, second; Mnnsano, out. third. Time 3:41. FOURTH RACE—Fleeting Star, 7 to 5, won; Minos, 7 to 5, second; Ahlng- ton. even, third. FIFTH RACK—Reside, 13 to 5, won; Josephine E., 4 to 1, second; Miss Mar tha. even, third. Time, 1:09. SIXTH HACK—Rebounder, 3 lo 2, won; Lemon Girl, 3 to 2, second; La- y.elle, out, third. Time, 1:43 1-5. Cincinnati . . . ooo 000 000 —0 8 3 Chicago 100 014 11*— 8 .10 1 Batteries: Ewing and Schlel; Brown and Moran. AMERICAN. Cleveland 402 002 100— 9 9 1 Boston 000 200 010— 3 6 3 Batteries: Rhoades and Bemls, Dl- neen and Carrlgnn. Detroit- Washington game off; rain. Chlcngo-Phllndelphin game off; rain. AMERICAN. St. Louis 000 102 000— 3 8 2 New York 100 000 000— 1 7 1 Bntterles: Pelty and Rickey; Orth and Klelnow. EASTERN. Second Game- Providence ,....1 8 2 Newark 5 7 1 Batteries: Jnslyn nnd Higgins; Par dee and Shea. Baltimore .5 5 2 Jersey City 2 7 4 Batteries: Bitrchcll and Byers; Mack ami Butler. Rochester 4 8 2 Montreal 4 4 4 Batteries: < 'use and Carlschfll Hop- palnii and IKttredge. Called In eleventh on account of darkness. Batteries: MeCloskey and Crist; trity and Stannage. First Game— Toronto ... 9 jo o Buffalo 3 0 6 Batteries: Kissinger ami McManus; Mitchell and Wood*. GRIFFITH SUSPENDED. Private I .cased Wire, ew York, Aug. 28. -President Ban Johnson threw a bombshell Into the Yankee camp today when he notified ’lark Griffith of his Indefinite suspen-. Billy Smith's boys will got $1,000 from tho Atlanta Baseball Association if thsy finish stcond in ths race for the pennant.. This msans that thsy will "go soma" for the remainder of the road trip and during thoir last say at horns. The Atlanta Baseball Association wired ths offer to Billy Tuesday. League Standings Clubs— Birmingham . Memphis . . . Atlanta . . . . New Orleans . Shreveport . Montgomery . Nashville . . . Little Rock . .57$ .569 .560 .547 80UTH ATLANTIC. clubs— Savannah . Augusta . . . Macon . . . Columbia . . Charleston . Jacksonville Clubs— Chicago . . New York Pittsburg . . Philadelphia Cincinnati . Brooklyn . St. 1 stills . Boston . . NATIONAL. / Plaved. Won. Lost. P. O. NO CHANGE WILL BE MADE IN IN CITIES OF THE SOUTHERN 1907 LEAGUE By PERCY WHITING. Special Correspondence. * Shreveport, La., Aug. 28.—"Shreve port will certainly be In the Southern League next year. The franchise is not for sale," no spoke Harry Ehrlich, part owner of the Shreveport fran chise nnd mouthpiece of Captain Craw ford, the largest owner of the club’s stock In the absence of that gentle man. "Well, why won’t you?’’ the writer asked. "Your club loses money, your attendance Is poor and you could get a good piece ot money for your fran chise." "Because we like baseball,’’ was the answer. Now, what are you going to do In a case like that? It hurts the league to have a town like Shreveport In it. Every team which goes there loses money, for Its share of the receipts (or as the share seldom amounts to the guarantee fund, It gets Instead the prescribed $75) never pays the expenses of the club. Financially Shreveport has always been a ghastly failure for visiting clubs and such a club Is a weak spot In the financial side of the league. Moreover, the friendship of the Shreveport dub for New • Orleans makes possible the supremacy of Charley Frank In league politics, and every fan In the eastern wing of the circuit will readily admit that such a condition Is deplorable. But what ran you do about It? The owners of the Shreveport franchise are sportsmen. They say they will not sell. They j>refer baseball to the money, and say that If there Is ever a deficit It will be possible to pass the hat and raise $10,000 to pull the club out of a hole. The town like the club owners Is a sport, too. So there you are. Shreveport wants to stay In the league and no one can put It out. When the owners rate the sport above money baseball Is likely to stick. Little Rock In In the same boat. The backers say that It Is a mighty ex pensive sport, but that they can make money with a winning team, and that If they can’t they are willing to lose a bit more. So you can put a few facts In your pipe for smoking during.the winter. Little Rock and Shreveport will be members of next year’s Southern League. And Judge Kavanaugh will be re elected president of the Southern League. This Isn’t what Atlanta wants. But It Is what Atlanta gets, and not what Atlanta wants, that cuts Ice through the western end of the circuit these days. And the west still dominates, politic ally. They don’t get the pennant this year, thanks to Harry Vaughan, and they will have to hustle mightily for second place, thanks to Billy Smith. COUNTRY CLUB WORKS STUNT By PERCY WHITING. Special Correspondence. Little Itock. Ark., Aug. 26.-The Country Club of Little Hock Is working out a Htunt which might well In* noticed by the Atlanta Athletic Club. They now have n neat little club house In a delightful situation a hnlf doxen miles or o from the Arkansas capital. The uj)j)cr floor has for a Jong time been turned over to the innle members of the dull for sleeping rooms and the number of men who availed themselves of the prlvb lege of spending the summer nights there proved go large that the club is now lunfc- lug plans to accommodate all who wish to come. Work will be started In a short time on \ "dormitory.” as It wlj| be called. This alii Is* n negt little two-story building, ahere sleeping accomnmdrtthms will by pro- rlded for twenty to thirty men. The rot ans will not be fancy, but they will bo cool and Miifortnble and there the member* of the elub who want to get away from the heat of the city will *|>end their nights. Of course thu average country elub Is provided with sleeping rooms, but ns a rule they are rather ebilw>r»fe affair* and considerable sum Is charged for their use. In the Little Hock club’s dormitory the room* will be fiee to the nietnlters. The •lull will provide the furniture mid tho men will furnish their own bedding. The ib will have a regular breakfast served i’h morning and supper may Ik? ordered by those who wish It. In this way the uemlier* of the club who wish to get out ''here It Is cool nnd comfortable and with in reach of tennis courts nnd n golf course lo so nt any time mid the cost will be decidedly reasonable. Atlanta Players Bewail Run of Luck That Beat ’Em By PERCY WHITING. Special t’orrespondenec. Shreveport, La., Aug. 27.—You may say what you want to. but If Atlanta bnd not had harder luck than any manager could expect nnd more misfortune than be guarded ngnlnst In n league where each manager Is limited to fourteen play- the Crackers would have won Southern Longue pennant. With tho regular players In the line-up. It Is hard to see how any tenm In the league has any license to l»ent the Crack- Thlt Is no obituary notice and no hnrd luck story. It ls‘ a plain statement of obvlopa fncts. On appearances, Memphis nnd New Or leans have stronger teams right now. Hut did not have them nt the start of the senson, nor until nearly Its end. And at that, Memphis failed to prove Clubs Chicago . . New York . . Philadelphia. Cleveland . . St. Louis . . Detroit . . . Washington . Boston . . . , AMERICAN. Played. Won. Lost. P. C. . 115 70 45 .610 SOUTH ATLANTIC. First Game — Savannah ? 7 1 Columbia ...0 4 n Batteries: Raymond and KaMkotf; Ashton anti Sweeney. M->ntgem-1 sion at the complaint of Umpire Sheri dan. • Frank Farwell, who arrived from | Saratoga, dust-covered ami Indignant, would give ifut no statement, though he did not conceal hi* wrath. Griffith refused to leave the field w hen ordered. NEWPORT, CHAMPIONSHIP. Ity I'rlv.n COTTON STATES. Played. Won. Loi hen sod Wire. 'port, R. I., Aug. 28.—Yale’r .» (ducky lawn tennis captain. Carl II - ® j Dehr, Jr., lost the flnnl match 3 ?!, First Gann* — Jacksonville . . . ... Augusta . . * *u u ’B*hr, Jr. lost the Anal match of the Batteries; Parkinson and Shea; I championship tourney today, his rival. Kucker and Carson. Second Game— Savannah ... 3 7 2 Columbia 0 t 1 Butteries: Raymond and KahlkofT, HeUmun ami Smith. Macon-Charleston. no game; rain. SOUTHERN. First Game-- Little Hock 00ft 0B) 001— 2 4 3 Montgomery ... .ooo Oel ID— 4 12 2 Baiter!**: Vlb-n and Douglass; Max- self mil (I m*-?*. William J. Clothier, defeating him in straight sets. The score was ti to 4 and 6 to 2. NATIONAL. »>ame — PhUadelpnti; Pittsburg 002 -ft I— % J2 3 The Birmingham Ledger calls Billy Smith ''four-flushing and ungrateful." and charges that he started the agita tion against the Castro deal. Billy says they ute mistaken. ”1 never said any thing against It," said Smith. "In fact, l was tickled to death. 1 would have been glad If they could have borrowed Mathewson and a few such to finish out the season." The less Birmingham has to say about the deal the better. It looks shady, but Atlanta would be glad to believe that It is all right. So let’s let ii ft » at that. It was the lowly Washington team that »topped the t’bleagn Americans, after they had sou nineteen aueee*»|v* games. Tsai ever thus. Club- Mobile . Meridian . . IB* Hi* 60 Gulfport ... 110 55 65 Baton Rouge . 109 53 66 Jackson . . . lift 54 66 Vicksburg . . 108 39 69 MONDAY‘8 RESULTS. Southern— Atlanta 6, Shreveport 4. •Memphis 1, Birmingham 0. Little Rock 1. Montgomery 0. New Orleans 6. Nashville 1. Cotton Stattt— Jackson 2, Mobile 1. Vicksburg 1, Baton Rouge 0. Gulfport 1, Meridian ft. BAD COMPANY. You and a greasy hat. Bussey can clean and reshape (the hat). 28 1-2 Whitehall. Clark Miller was much amused at the fact that his name was prominent ly mentioned us a successor to Judge Kavanaugh as president of the South ern League. "It Is getting to be a yearly thing to mix my name up with the other candidate*said Mr. Miller. "I have just quit denying It. I am Just one of the hired men of the league, and It will be a long day before I run for president. Certainly not as long aa President Kavanaugh will accept the office." that her rejuvenated and presutnaly salary- exceeding tenm could ilo it, and New* Or ion ns has yet to pr9ve It. Without expressing It as a personal opin ion, but as the best Judgment of all the mnnngera In the league who have boon asked about the matter, thu three most valuable men on the team, outside the pitchers, are Fox, Archer nnd Jordau. And It la a fact easily demonstrated by a glance nt past Imx acorea that these three men nre the ones who hare been most often hurt and most frequently out of the game. Each one of then men his hard luck In actual baseball and white lighting for the Atlnutn team. They re ceived Injuries while they were playing the game nnd In n way which could not 1m? guarded ngalnat. But they were In jured, nnd these Injuries put them out of the game, nnd have beaten Atlanta out of the pennant. Every mnn on the Atlanta tenm, from the mn anger down, believes that If Fox, Archer and Jordan had not lieen hurt, Atlanta would have won the rag. This Is no kick ngnlnst fnte nnd no calam Ity howl. It Is Just n little spiel to the effect that the Afluntn manager and the Atlnutn llnschnll Assoclnlon has done everything within reason to give Atlanta a pennat winner, nnd that the failure was o fault of any man or set of men. ns hnrd luck. Nothing but a short arm Jab from fate right to tho solar plexus (whatever that happens to |m>) of the lllrnilughntu put the Itarona oat of the pennant race. They have It practically cinched. We’ll nil have to hand It to Vaughn, e got together a go«»d team and he kept It together Ills pitchers worked well- bettor than any one expeoted, except him- d themselves. They twirled g«»d bull, nnd tlioy bad snappy supjmrt. Hut here ngslu we see the line "Eye- tnllnn" hand of fate. Vnughn’s men have had good luck. The tenm has met with no serious misfortunes. The only plaeea made vacant, Vaughan was able to All. All credit to Vaughan for this—but don’t overlook the luck of It. it took a lot. Billy Smith has coiue In for a world of rousting nud criticism. Outside of At lanta, tho fans of the south—from Pres ident Ktivnnniigh right down to the lenst of them—hnve hnd it (u for Smith almost from the flrst. But Smith has gone right along mind ing his own business and managing the Cracker team to the lH*»t of bis ability. That the peniinnt will fly In Alabama's mctrojNills Instead of In that of Georgia Is no fault of the itinn who guided the Ma con team nnd several others to premier honors. He has tnken advantage of every opening offered, nnd Ims given Atlanta n ball team which has made a remarkable record. Give Atlanta fnlrly decent luck to the end of the season and the Crackers will finish second In the league rneo. The final road trip started off with n rush, and with anything but a string of misfortune* In Shreveport nud New Or leans, the hunch will come Inane In second place or within reach of It. And If they do. It Is a safe liet that they will stay there to the end of the season. Watch Brotman G-row. CHARLESTON CLUB AFTER BILLY SMITH FOR 19C7 By PERCY WHITING. Shreveport, Ln., Aug. 28.—Manager Hilly Smith has Just received n splendid offer tc manage the Charleston club next year. II* does not contemplate leaving Atlanta, how- The Charleston frflks hnve a #o<mI deal of money nnd pennant aspirations. They know the record Hilly Smith made In the Moutb Atlantic League In 1904 nnd 1906. With tli* cheapest tennis In the league he won Inttb pennant*. Charleston has hnd high-priced team* which have failed largely liecnunc of poor management. They feel sure that Billy cat turu the trick, nud they wnut him. Atlanta will play a double-header her* with Shreveport Wednesday and Wednesday night will take the train for New Orleans, where the concluding series on the road will be begun Friday. An even break Ic the remnlnlng six games will satisfy Illly, although the team I* righting like a buucb of Huns nnd expects four out of the re maining six. Shreveport wns considerably weakened ob Monday by the absence of Absteln, who list Imen batting heavily. He wll get lu tb* game again snid. Foxy base-running by Whltey Morse wn» the feature of Monday’s game. Crotlet was on third nnd the double steal wni started. Whltey dodged back nnd forth til Crosier scored nnd then “Cotton Top' dodged through the entire Shreveport team PREVIOU8 ROAD FAILURES NOW 8EEM TO BE MYSTERV By PERCY WHITING. Special Correspondence. Shreveport, La., Aug. 27.—Why At lanta has not been a good road teair this year Is hard to tell. Judging In the opening games of the road trip they should have taken a majority oi road fames this year. The team hat had enough ginger to run a factory, and then have some left over for horn* consumption. Every man on the team seems to have his heart in the gam* and every one has kept In condition and spread himself to make runs and hold the opponents down. The Crackers have to furnish al their own rooting on the road and the> all join In the yelling and kidding in a way that makes a most encouraging racket. On good natured kidding with th< bleachers on the road the Atlanta team would be a hard proposition to beat. Fox always makes a big hit with th* crowds and jollies along good natured- ly In every game. In Memphis Jordar Invented a war whoop'which he turn* ed loose every time any Cracker pulled off a good play. The bleachers took H up, for use only when an Atlanta mar made a mlsplay or was put out. Ir the last game in the Bluff City Jordar and the rest rubbed It In good ant proper and the whoop Is now the offi cial team yell. NAT KAISER & CO. Confidential loans on valuables. Bargains in unredeemed Diamond* 15 Decatur 6L Kimball House* During the closing games of Atlan ta’s last home series Umpire Rudder- ham went astray twice on "balls" an* "strikes" and on both occasions h« called on the official scorer for Inform atlon as to the number already pitched This "Info" was forthcoming botl times, but the official acorer protestej that he was not expected to furnlsd the unips with this dope. Rudderhan said he was. The question as to whether or no this Information was required of th scorers was put up to Clark Millet secretary' to the president of the South ern League, and Mr. Miller stated m«>* emphatically that balls and strike were to be kept by the umpire an that "his umps" was In error In calltn. on the scorer for them.